Is anyone freezing to death because of their weightloss????

jtboner
jtboner Posts: 59 Member
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I don't know about other people, but I have been FREEZING in EVERY kind of weather indoors and outdoors since I lost weight, can anyone explain this?

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,224 Member
    I say I've lost my layer of protective blubber.

    A lot of fat lives between your organs and your skin and provides insulation. Lose fat, lose insulation and your core temperature gets lower faster.

    This is why cold weather animals have such layers of fat (whales, seals etc.), bears eat up before the winter, and so on.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    I definitely experienced that last winter, and worry about it being even worse this winter.
    The odd thing is I can be ok in the coldest temperature, so long as I'm moving. If I have to stand still, just the drafts in the office can start my shoulders shivering so hard that I feel locked up - I can get my body off shivering to do something else.
  • DawnEmbers
    DawnEmbers Posts: 2,451 Member
    Yep. I used to just go in the freezer or cooler at work with the thin material jacket I use every day now just to be warm in my apartment and it's not that cold. I never would have ordered a long sleeve shirt for work in the past but ended up with one this time. Just have lost enough of my fluff to end up colder, though it's my arms and hands in particular and can't wear gloves all of the time.
  • Azuriaz
    Azuriaz Posts: 785 Member
    Not in every kind of weather. In fact, I'm happy my heat tolerance has gone up, if only a little (I still hate it!). But I definitely get cold in Winter. I used to be one of those freaks who would wander around in a t-shirt in a snowstorm.
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    I was really cold for a year until I gained my weight back. This time on my weight loss journey I put sriracha hot sauce on lots of things and that's helped a ton. I also eat chili and spicy foods like my home made chili I eat for breakfast almost every day.
  • freekat
    freekat Posts: 71 Member
    edited September 2015
    Yep... me too. I joke that losing weight has broken my thermostat. :#
  • Sayah66
    Sayah66 Posts: 1 Member
    Some say "fat is burning" and that coldness feeling means good. Dont know for sure. What might help is eating spicy food.
  • BEGFC
    BEGFC Posts: 128 Member
    I've always been the human heater but not any more! In addition to being cold, my hands are always cold and my butt bone hurts from sitting in my desk chair at work! These are new experiences for me and not all that unpleasant when I put in perspective why I'm having these "problems". :p
  • xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Posts: 623 Member
    I half froze for two winters and my hands, feet and nose are always cold even on a warm summer day. I've been maintaining for a year after a 150lb loss over 2.5 years and I have adjusted a bit, I wasn't so cold this winter just been (I'm in Australia). But that pesky tailbone still bothers me a bit!
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    Yes its probably a combination of not having enough fat and also having a slower metabolism. If you are have been and continue to be eating at a deficit, your metabolism would have slowed down. If you have reached your goal you should work on getting your metabolism back to normal speed by eating more and possibly increasing your weight too if you are very low weight.
  • The_Invisible_Boy
    The_Invisible_Boy Posts: 568 Member
    Most definitely! I used to be sweating at 70°, now I'm cold. Back at my highest weight I wouldn't even consider a jacket until it was below 45°. For me it seems to also correlate to what I eat. I notice when I have a bad day and eat crappy unhealthy food I'm much warmer.

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